#E4A265#E4A265

#E4A265 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A265
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 101)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 17.93, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 44.90, 66.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0507 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.11 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2669, 43.2778, 18.1734)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A265 #65A7E4

analogous

#E46568 #E4A265 #E4E265

triadic

#E4A265 #65E4A2 #A265E4

tetradic

#E4A265 #68E465 #65A7E4 #E265E4

square

#E4A265 #68E465 #65A7E4 #E265E4

split-complementary

#E4A265 #65E4E2 #6568E4

monochromatic

#B0641F #DB8331 #E4A265 #EDC199 #F6E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E4A265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#E4A265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A265

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A265	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd92',
    500: '#e4a265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a265;
$custom-light: #f0bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.819,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76305,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A265

secondary

#BCD3E8

accent

#77D213

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF6F1

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A265

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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